A construction crew completed the demolition of the 1955 house at 45 Gorham Ave. today. The house sold in March for $815,000. It was the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on March 26. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport building officials are reviewing an application to demolish the house at 39 Sturges Highway. The 1982 house, which is 2,478 square feet on one acre, sold in August 2005 for $980,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport building officials are reviewing an application to demolish the 1952 house at 8 Oak Ridge Park. The 1,552-square-foot house sold last December for $725,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport building officials are reviewing an application to demolish the 1955 house at 45 Gorham Ave. The 1,780-square-foot house sits on a one-half acre property and was sold this month for $815,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

By Dave Matlow

Two Westport families which joined together to purchase a neighboring property watched today as the house at 18 Sue Terrace off Crescent Road was demolished.
The house at 18 Sue Terrace in Westport came down today. Featured as the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on June 14, 2006, it sold in May 2006 for $432,000 to two neighboring familes. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Other neighbors joined the families of the property’s new owners, Ed Moeller and Andy Tsilfides, to observe and celebrate the demolition of the 2,246-square-foot corner house built on .40 acre in 1954.

The owners said the purchase was made to allow them and not someone else to determine what is to be built in their neighborhood.

“Andy and I purchased this run-down property with the intention of building a house on it that will help to beautify the street and our neighborhood,” said Moeller.

Westport officials are reviewing an application to demolish the house at 152 North Ave. The 1,556-square-foot house was built in 1956, and it was sold in February for $742,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Westport building officials are reviewing an application to demolish the 1958 house at 15 Bonnie Brook Road in the Coleytown area of town. The house—which is 3,000 square feet and sits on two acres of land—sold in December for $1.1 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Construction crews demolished the house at 29 Burr Farms Road in Westport on Tuesday. The 1954 house sits on 1.1 acres and sold in January for $1 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com